Review: Cupid Parasite: Sweet and Spicy Darling Is Delicious

When Cupid Parasite launched on the Change, it didn’t maintain again and instructed over-the-top, usually goofy love tales. Now Cupid Parasite: Candy and Spicy Darling is right here to proceed the routes from the unique otome sport and add two others, and it’s simply as foolish and trendy. 

The meat of Cupid Parasite: Candy and Spicy Darling is that there are new After Drama and Bonus Episodes for Allan Melville, Gill Lovecraft, Peter Flage, Raul Aconite, Ryuki Keisaiin, and Shelby Snail. After Drama tales all decide up after the great endings within the Cupid Parasite otome sport, with Lynette in dedicated relationships with the opposite characters. You select responses which are “candy” or “spicy” in response to them, netting completely different conditions that may be cute or attractive. So there sometimes aren’t a lot “unhealthy” endings and also you primarily expertise various kinds of romance, although there are some exceptions to that. Attending to the tip of a narrative can then unlock the following Bonus Episodes for the love pursuits. 

All of those routes are usually fairly enjoyable, they usually’re usually well-thought out. I used to be amazed how a lot I loved Raul and Ryuki’s tales, as a result of I they weren’t my favorites within the authentic video games. A few of them really feel like maybe they take instructions that don’t all the time take note of plot factors or character growth within the authentic, comparable to Shelby’s. I additionally appreciated that a number of the out-there components from the unique confirmed up within the plots for Allan and Peter. I additionally didn’t thoughts the truth that the Bonus Episodes are locked behind After Drama, as a result of it does really feel prefer it is sensible on this scenario.

There’s additionally the matter of Merenice Levin. Whereas 90% of Cupid Parasite: Candy and Spicy Darling entails new moments with current characters, his story is solely new. It’s a case for Lynette that instantly falls after the widespread route within the first Cupid Parasite otome sport, making you fake any character growth or different romantic developments ever existed. He does have his personal “gimmick” like the opposite guys that provides him hassle, on this case utilizing a doughnut like a crystal ball to see the long run. I felt it has its moments and may very well be humorous generally, however the pacing felt a bit rushed in comparison with the unique routes. That, paired with the best way Merenice pursues Lynette, made it a tough to see that romance as being as real as a number of the others.

I’ll say that even when one of many further authentic tales don’t go precisely such as you’d need or count on and Merenice doesn’t click on with you, Concept Manufacturing unit Worldwide and Otomate didn’t miss when it got here to appearances. Cupid Parasite: Candy and Spicy Darling is as poppy and lovely as the unique. I really like the UI components. Using coloration is improbable all through. Plus there are some completely improbable CGs right here. I believe I’d even say I favored the occasion photos higher on this follow-up than I did within the authentic otome sport.

The primary downsides, other than some narrative decisions in the primary After Drama routes and Merenice maybe not being everybody’s cup of tea, is that Cupid Parasite: Candy and Spicy Darling has extra of a restricted viewers than some otome video games. Should you didn’t play the primary sport, you might want to play that first. There’s no doable option to soar into this and nonetheless have time, as a result of they’re too tightly certain collectively. I additionally ended up getting one of many apparently few “unhealthy” endings after I went by means of one among my previous favourite’s routes, and it form of soured my complete expertise with that love curiosity on this entry.

Cupid Parasite: Candy and Spicy Darling is a transparent scenario of extra of factor, and individuals who loved the unique Change otome sport shall be happy. The brand new routes construct on current characters in sometimes entertaining methods. I’ll say that somebody’s opinions of Merenice might fluctuate, as it might come throughout a bit pressured in comparison with the goofiness from the primary sport. Nonetheless, there’s quite a bit right here for individuals who cherished Shelby, Peter, Allan, Ryuki, Raul, and Gill. 

Cupid Parasite: Candy and Spicy Darling will come to the Nintendo Change on Might 28, 2024, and the unique otome sport is straight away obtainable on the platform.